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COVID-19: US begins study assessing allergic reactions to Pfizer, Moderna
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): US' National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced on Wednesday that it is launching a study to determine the risk of allergic reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines among certain individuals.
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S Korea reports 700 more COVID-19 cases, 107,598 in total
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], April 8 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 700 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Wednesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 107,598.
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Colombia reports 11,381 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], April 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia registered 11,381 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking its nationwide tally to 2,479,617, the ministry of health and social protection said Wednesday.
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Scientists call for new investigation into COVID-19 origins
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], April 8 (ANI): A group of international scientists called for a new investigation into the origins of Covid-19 on Wednesday after China and the World Health Organization (WHO) released a scrutinized report last week concluding that the virus most likely came from wildlife inst
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Canada's Ontario to begin 4-week COVID-19 state of emergency today
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Ontario [Canada], April 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Ontario is declaring a state of emergency and introducing a stay-at-home order effective Thursday amid an increase in coronavirus variant cases, Premier Doug Ford announced on Wednesday.
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Stay election process in view of COVID-19 surge, lawyers request Supreme C
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): A petition filed by lawyers -- Vishal Thakre and Aditya Yadav -- before the Supreme Court, seeks a direction to stay the election process in the country citing surge in coronavirus cases in the country.
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EU regulator says AstraZeneca vaccine benefits outweigh risks despite 'pos
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 8 (ANI): The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday acknowledged a "possible link" between the AstraZeneca vaccine and "very rare cases of blood clots" but said the benefits of the vaccine, however, continue to outweigh the risks.
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Priyanka Chaturvedi writes to Harsh Vardhan, urges opening COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 7 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urging him to release more COVID-19 vaccines for Maharashtra.
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WhatsApp rolls out stickers to spread COVID-19 vaccine awareness
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
California [US], April 7 (ANI): WhatsApp has rolled out a new sticker pack named 'Vaccines for All' as a piece of the organisation's endeavours towards spreading mindfulness about the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Health Ministry writes to Maharashtra, Punjab, Delhi, calls for correctiv
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Health Ministry has written to Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi governments about the COVID-19 vaccinations done by them and urged them to take "necessary corrective actions immediately for improving the performance of vaccination drive".
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List blood clots as 'very rare side effect' of AstraZeneca vaccine, advise
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], April 7 (ANI): Experts at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Wednesday said that the blood clots with low blood platelets should be listed as very rare side effects of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.
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Over 50 lakh COVID-19 vaccines administered in Karnataka
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 7 (ANI): Over 50 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Karnataka across 6,173 distribution sites, state health minister Sudhakar K said on Wednesday.
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